if you are considering WLS please read..

http://luvsexytrstno1.blogspot.com/2008/11/death-by-hot-wing .html

Its a graphic post but it has some honest information about life after weight loss surgery.
You might also read;
http://luvsexytrstno1.blogspot.com/2008/08/dumping-we-will-g o-dumping-we-will-go.html

and;
http://luvsexytrstno1.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-to-be-good-we ight-loss-surgery.html

and most importantly;

http://luvsexytrstno1.blogspot.com/2007/03/life-changes.html

No problems with graphic issues here but no thanks....I ignore  vague posts from out-of- towners/strangers.  What is the point of the post ...really?? 

I prefer shorthand I guess since no time to read blogs here.

If you read my post about the hot wings then you will notice that I wrote that I am very greatful that I had my surgery and that I am most greatful that I now have energy and am healthy enough to play with my little girl.  My surgeon was exceptional in his honesty and in his follow up care.  I now live in Alaska and work in healthcare and encounter physicians and post ops who have NEVER been educated whatsoever about vitamins, lifestyle changes, etc.  It happens, it is scary but it does happen more than you think.  The nurse that I mention in that post works with me in a hospital where WLS is preformed and where she is sometimes assigned fresh wls post ops and she is that uneducated about it.  My surgeon told us that all of us would test the limits eventually.  I sat there in my pre surgical state thinking, "Well I won't!  No not me!"  And here I am a little over a year and a half later and yes, indeed I have eaten things that I knew I shouldn't.  I don't do it regularly or even on purpose (one of my worst dumps was on a protein shake from a gym) but I do.  No one is so diciplined or restictive with their diet that they haven't dumped or had a bad food reaction, at least no one that I have ever encountered.  I posted this so people can be aware that this surgery does require a lifestyle change.  you would be surprised how many people don't realize that.

i think that you raise valid points, however you aren't going to make friends on another state's support forum by starting threads like this.  trust me, the issues that you raise are discussed ad nauseum on these forums, so whereas your viewpoint is appreciated... you aren't telling anyone anything that's new.  as a result, your thread comes across as one from a troll whether that was the intention or not. 

if you'd like to join into our conversations here, feel free.  simply starting a thread with links to your personal blog is not good netiquette and will typically be met with hostility, as it was here.

good luck on the rest of your weight loss/maintenance journey.

I post these links to my blogs in hopes that they will help, inform, and inspire people that haven't been educated about important issues and experiences post wls.  I wish that I had the time to reach out to every state personally but unfortunately, I do not.  This is the simplest way for me to reach (and hopefully help) as many people as possible given my limited time.  That is the whole reason I write these blogs.  some people will be inspired or encouraged to educate themselves further, some may just have a good laugh at my expense, hopefully many will be helped, and unfortuantely some will be annoyed but that is a risk I am willing to take if it helps one person, then it is worth the occasional ridicule.  besides it is left up to the reader...they can choose to view my posts..or not.  they can choose to read my blog ...or not.

I've actually read your blogs before, and enjoy them. As a pre-op, I have gained a lot of info.   :)

thank you! that is the reason why I write my blog, that and to post photos of my daughter, can't help it, I love her to bits.  I hope you continue to find helpful information from my blogs and the other resources I have tried to list that have helped me

I will say that the initial tone of your post was negative......  something about the way it started sounded like a warning against surgery, not for it.  If you choose to post these links elsewhere you may consider how a stranger interprets your introduction.